Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Lemon_Tree

i know you weren't gazumping lol
Mr LT has yet to see the house i've seen this afternoon, but i love it. It's a dooerupper but its got a good solid shell and has such wonderful potential.
I'm gonna ring up on monday morning to try and get us another viewing of it on Wed so we can go together.

Igamogam

Chilli jam from Hazlephron herbs............ I bought it on line. Got together with some friends. But if you ever do find yourself in St Ives their shop is fab - you can sample almost everything. Free lunch

MrsMoo2U

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

i know you weren't gazumping lol
Mr LT has yet to see the house i've seen this afternoon, but i love it. It's a dooerupper but its got a good solid shell and has such wonderful potential.
I'm gonna ring up on monday morning to try and get us another viewing of it on Wed so we can go together.

:T sounds very promising. Start visualising and it shall be yours.

Lemon_Tree

just 'realised' got to sort the mortgage now, guess we'll need to call a financial advisor to see what we can borrow. Glad i paid back Norbert now and have no more loans on my credit file

Pippilongstocking

Hello just back in from dinner with a couple chums and lovely it was too!

cherisong wrote: »

Oh now that sounds exciting indeed. Never thought of a holiday job. Hmmm how does Mid Wales sound Pippi?

I'd like to tell both of you that I'm very available for holiday adventures which involve sorting out folks gardens, bit like the alan T show, but only me turns up not a team

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

Pippi, if i have my way and the fortunes look at me i may have a holiday job for you
just seen a house with a lovely huge garden (well huge by my standards) which is very overgrown, and needs some workshops/sheds knocking down, i'm sure if you happened to be popping by to visit we'd have spare room for you to sleep in whilst you helped my tame our wilderness. Oh and i think there's even a raised bed which used to be a veggie plot from what i can see if that helps swing things.

I am available and if you get the house I'll gladly help via adventure or virtual

How very exciting!

Igamogam wrote: »

Chilli jam from Hazlephron herbs............ I bought it on line. Got together with some friends. But if you ever do find yourself in St Ives their shop is fab - you can sample almost everything. Free lunch

Yay thank you.

My own chilli Jam, abit like cheri said, a bit lobbed in, but I have to say, without bumming myself up too much, its very very very delicious and set properly too :j and very pretty it is too - I've got 3 and a half pots left

I had five, but took one to dinner - which made 4 and then of course I had to check the third one, with bread and cheese to check it was ok

yum yum yum yum, had extras! I think this might not last the year!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Karmacat

LOl at the holiday job, all of you xxx

Pippi, it sounds gorgeous.... does sound like a *lot* of sugar, tho I haven't looked at the shop stuff to see how much thats got in .... its something I'm trying to get my head round.

gilligansyle

I really, really need to be more adventurous with food; my first thought when I saw 'chilli jam' was eugh! But then thinking about it, I eat mint sauce, lime pickle, mango chutney etc. so what's different.

Added to list - expand gastronomic horizons.

Karmacat

I googled "chili salsa" instead of "chili jam" and got lots of purely savoury ones. The thing I'm after, to stop me bingeing and to challenge my addiction to pesto, as well as to give me heat for the arthritis, is strong taste - I'd just rather it was savoury than sweet. So I'm on it

catspaw

mmmmm chilli jam. We have a chilli fiesta down here and I picked up a jar of green chilli jam last weekend.

Pippilongstocking

KC I'm also very happy to venture down to your land at a future date if you ever need a garden blitz - not that you're not capable, more that its an excuse to venture sooth-wards

gilligansyle wrote: »

I really, really need to be more adventurous with food; my first thought when I saw 'chilli jam' was eugh! But then thinking about it, I eat mint sauce, lime pickle, mango chutney etc. so what's different.

Added to list - expand gastronomic horizons.

Yay go you, I love chillis and also thought, yuk, (I don't like jam or sweet stuff) but actually a dod of this by some cheese etc is very lovely like you say not unlike other savory/sweet accompaniments!

Expand those horizons

Karmacat wrote: »

I googled "chili salsa" instead of "chili jam" and got lots of purely savoury ones. The thing I'm after, to stop me bingeing and to challenge my addiction to pesto, as well as to give me heat for the arthritis, is strong taste - I'd just rather it was savoury than sweet. So I'm on it

KC what about salsas in general - they can be nice on pasta with stuff and you make or buy them fresh - alot of the 'dips' for snacks aren't too bad and often the fridge section - we often have salsa stirred through pasta, I find it more refreshing.

The jam, isn't a pure jam its vinegar/sugar combo - I didn't put very much sugar in and used honey in it too *(not liking sweet stuff) and used a vegetarian setting agent - as I had some, so its almost a 'jelly' I don't think its OK to keep for very long, but I've done a few to open them over the next wee while to see how long they last.

catspaw wrote: »

mmmmm chilli jam. We have a chilli fiesta down here and I picked up a jar of green chilli jam last weekend.

YUM YUM YUM - any colour would be yummy



Morning all up for a bit did a blitz round before putting on the computer d/w on again and w/m on for a hokeycokey.

Cuppa now, bit of a catch up and more dighting (wiping) with a cloot

Hope you're all good

Had to get out pronto as there was a maraunding chicken in the garden where chickens are NOT allowed - thankfully they come running for food when they see me, shame she ran straight into the fence she shouldn't have been the other side of (she's OK) I'm sure it won't stop her in futre :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: